Lakshadweep: food, farms and farsan.

What farsan and sweets is Lakshadweep known for?

• MasminCooked skipjack tuna, smoked and dried
• Coconut halwaCoconut-based sweet, a newer island enterprise

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What does Lakshadweep export?

• Skipjack tuna and masmin

  Over 21,016 t fish landed (recent years); about 60% dried; no export value published

  Source

• Coconut products

  About 553 lakh nuts a year (2008); virgin coconut oil, coconut vinegar, coconut halwa

  Source

India publishes few export figures by state of origin. Where a figure is national, a port total or a single shipment, it says so.

Where is it grown, processed and shipped?

• Minicoy, Lakshadweep

  Tuna canning factory (canned tuna, tuna curry); origin of pole-and-line fishing Source

• Agatti, Lakshadweep

  Largest share of tuna landings (about 23%) Source

• Kavaratti, Lakshadweep

  Tuna landings (about 14%); masmin dried tuna Source

• Androth, Lakshadweep

  Largest coconut area and output (22%, 2008) Source

Sources

• ICAR, Lakshadweep organic islands
• Drishti IAS, organic UT declaration
• ICAR Fishery Technology, masmin
• ICAR-CPCRI, coconut enterprises in Lakshadweep
• CMFRI, Lakshadweep tuna fishery